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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 26.
Published in final edited form as: Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2014 Jul 18;11(3):223–227. doi: 10.3109/17483107.2014.938365

Table 5.

Median of discomfort intensity rating by area of body and participant groups.

Body areas Entire group
Tetraplegia
Paraplegia
Rating median sling Rating median rigid Rating median sling Rating median rigid Rating median sling Rating median rigid
Back 4 (1–11) 5 (1–11) 5 (1–9) 5 (1–9) 3 (1–11) 6 (1–11)
Neck 1.5 (1–11) 3 (1–11) 3 (1–11) 3 (1–11) 1 (1–10) 2 (1–10)
Buttocks 2 (1–11) 5 (1–10) 3 (1–11) 6 (1–10) 2 (1–11) 3 (1–9)
Legs 2.5 (1–11) 1 (1–10) 1 (1–8) 3 (1–10) 2.5 (1–11) 1 (1–10)
Arms 1 (1–11) 1 (1–9) 1 (1–7) 1 (1–9) 1 (1–7) 1 (1–7)
Feet 1 (1–11) 1 (1–10) 1 (1–8) 3 (1–9) 1 (1–11) 1 (1–10)
Hands 1 (1–9) 1 (1–10) 1 (1–9) 1 (1–8) 1 (1–7) 1 (1–10)
Overall discomfort 4 (1–11) 5 (1–9) 3 (1–8) 5 (1–8) 4 (1–9) 4 (1–9)